Container and method of forming the same



Dec. 5, 1933. H, THOMPSON 1,937,924

CONTAINER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Filed May 16, 1932 F RE/Z? 715 45 Patented Dec. 5, 1933 CONTAINER PATENT OFFICE THE SAME 1 Herbert L. Thompson, Elgin, Ill., assignor to Reynolds Wire 00., Dixon, 111., a corporation Application May 16,1932. Serial No. 611,592 4 Claims. (Cl. 206-59) I Still a further object istoprovide a container for a roll of materiahsuch as a roll of wire cloth, comprising a spirally wrapped overlapping striphaving its edges secured together and its ends puckered to cover the ends, of the roll and tapes secured to the wrapping, which have parts on the circumference of the wrapping and parts on forming a container for a roll of material, which coverand the .puckering of the ends of the which the puckered ends thereof for thus protecting the, edges of the container against cutting through by the roll of material and at the same time thus providing an eifective means for securing the spirally arranged wrapping at its ends against unwinding and consequent loosening from the roll of material. i

A further object is to provide a container of the character just mentioned, which also .includes discs on the ends-of the container ;to secure the puckered ends of the wrapping and the puckered edges of the tapes in proper position on the ends of the roll.

. A further object is to ,provide -a method for comprises the wrapping in overlapped relation of a spirally arranged cover on the .roll, the securing of the overlapping edges thereof together, the securing of annular tapes to the cover and one edge of each tape over the ends of the roll of material, together with the securing of discs over the tapes to hold the puckered ends of the cover and the puckered portions of thetapes in proper relative-roll enclosing position.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my container and in the steps of the method for forming the container, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

ing to the first step of themethod for forming the container.

Figure 4 is a side elevation which illustrates a second step of the method for forming a container. l

Figure 5 illustrates in perspective the final step of the method; and

Figure 6 is a plan view showing a cut paper blank in the fiat and the method of applying it to the roll of material.

' On the accompanying drawing, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a roll of material to be contained in my container.

The material 10 as illustrated is aroll of wire cloth, although it can obviously be a roll of some other material, which is to be wrapped especially for shipping purposes. i My container comprises a strip 12 of wrapping material, such as heavy paper and cut to the approximateshape shown in Figure 6. When rolled on a roll of material 10, the edges 12a thereof overlap each other. One of these edges is preferably gummed as indicated along the upper edge of the sheet in'Figure 6. This causes the edges to adhere to each other when the paper is rolled on the roll of material 10 so that the edges will not catch and tear in handling and transit. Figure 6 clearly shows the relation of the stripof paper 12 to the roll of material 10 before the strip is wrapped on the roll. After it is wrapped, the ends of the strip, as shown by projection lines, extend beyond the ends 10a of the roll of material 10 (see Figures 3 and 4). 85

These extending portions of the strip 12, are indicated at 12b.

Thismethod of wrapping is used because it is essential that the wrapping fit the roll of material 10 very closely and there is a considerable difference in the diameters of the rolls so that the strip must be wrapped on the roll rather than being formed cylindrical and the roll then placed in it. V

The next step in the method of forming the container is illustrated in Figure 4. This step comprises the securing of a tape .14 to the container strip 12 with one edge 12a thereof on the circumference of the roll 10 and its other edge 14b extending beyond the end 10a of the roll.

The portions 12b of the strip 12 and 14b of the tape 14 are then puckered as indicated at 16, this puckering being either simultaneously or progressively accomplished over the entire circumference of the end of the roll, either by hand or machine.

The final step in the method of forming the container is to secure a disc 18 of heavy paper or the like over the end of the container, an adhesive 20 being utilized for the securing purpose.

Thus the disc 18 is secured to both the tape 14 and the end 121) of the strip 12 and securely holds these parts relative to each other for effectively forming an end for the container.

I am aware that heretofore spiral wrappings have been used. I am also aware that edge protectors for containers enclosing rolls of material have been provided and that these are usually of metal.

I have provided, however, a construction in which the tapes 14 are secured to the strip 12 so as to secure together the adjacent edges of the spiral wrapping and prevent unwinding thereof. It is obvious that a sheet metal cover since it is not secured to the spiral wrapping would not prevent such unwinding.

By providing the disc 18, the puckered ends of the strip 12 and the puckered edges of the tape 14 are securely held in position, thus further preventing any unwinding tendency of the wrapping for the roll.

The spiral wrapping is preferable to straight wrappingbecause for the same strength of the container less paper can be used and there is no tendency for the wrapping to pull unwrapped if one of the overlapping edges is torn, as there is when a non-spiral wrapper is used.

The overlapping edges 12a reinforce the container at the point where these edges are secured together and the tapes 14 provide an additional means of securing the edges together at the ends of the roll to prevent any tendency r for unwrapping of the wrapper in addition to reinforcing the peripheral edges where the edge of the roll 10 might cut through during han-' dling operations.

One of the objects in using the spiral form of wrapping consists in the fact that a considerable length of the longitudinal edge of the paper is necessarily exposed in forming the spiral seam about the roll 10. This edge presents a long and clear field upon which a printed slogan, a trade-mark, or other advertising decoration can be continually repeated by printing it upon the edge of the original roll of wrapping paper from which the sheet 12 is cut with its diagonal ends. The spiral edge of the strip provides a position for the printed matter which insures it being readable regardless of the position in which the container may lay or sit and also gives a longer field for the words than a simply radial or longitudinal space would.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my container and some of the steps of the method may be altered without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention.

It is therefore my intention to cover by my claims such modified forms of structure, use of mechanical equivalents or modification of the steps of the method as may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. A container for use with wire cloth rolls of varying sizes comprising a spirally wrapped overlapping flexible strip having ends puckered to cover the ends of the roll and annular flexible tapes extending circumferentially entirely around the wrapped strip adjacent the ends thereof and fastened thereto to prevent unwrapping of the strip and folded over with said puckered ends thereof and secured thereto for reinforcing the peripheral edges of the container.

2. A container for a wire cloth roll and the like comprising a flexible paper strip wound spirally with overlapping side edges, having ends puckered to cover the ends of said roll and flexible tapes secured to and extending circumferentially around the wrapped strip adjacent the ends thereof and secured thereto and folded over with the puckered ends thereof for reinforcing the edges, securing together the adjacent edges of the spiral wrapping and preventing unwinding thereof.

3. A container for a wire cloth roll and the like comprising a flexible strip wound spirally with overlapping side edges, pasted together, having ends puckered to cover the ends of the roll and tapes secured to and extending circumferentially around the wrapped strip adjacent to the ends thereof and secured to and folded over with the puckered ends for reinforcing the edges of said roll, securing together the adjacent edges of the spiral wrapping and preventing unwinding thereof, and disc-shaped members covering the ends of the roll and secured to the tapes.

4. A container for a wire cloth roll and the like comprising a spirally wrapped overlapping paper strip having its edges pasted together and having ends puckered over the ends of the roll and annular flexible tapes secured to and extending circumferentially around the wrapped strip adjacent the ends thereof and folded over and secured to said puckered ends for reinforcing the peripheral edges of the container and. holding the spiral strip firmly against unwrapping.

HERBERT L. THOMPSON. 

